7:30 PM,
Dec. 10, 2013

Marine Concepts/JRL Ventures, a manufacturing company based in Cape Coral, has been hiring and has 24 positions open.

Written by

Tim Engstrom
| tengstrom@news-press.com

The hiring demand that has driven Lee County unemployment to a five-year low is forecast to remain among the strongest in the nation through the first quarter of 2014, according to a national staffing survey set for release today.

Nearly one in four employers, 23 percent, expect to add employees from January through March, while only 3 percent expect to cut jobs, according to the Employment Outlook Survey published by staffing company Manpower Inc.

That adds up to a net outlook of 20 percent, which ranked third in the nation behind Deltona/Daytona at 24 percent net outlook and McAllen, Texas, ...